Fédération des entreprises romandes Genève

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The Fédération des Entreprises Romandes Genève ( "Association of West Swiss company" FER Genève) is a trade association in the region Romandie operating companies. The association is based in Geneva . It has around 28,000 members with around 80 professional associations . The association is active in the field of social partnerships, the development of services and the networking of its members.

history

The association emerged from the employers' association “Groupe patronal interprofessionnel”, which was founded in 1928. In 1931 the “Groupe patronal interprofessionnel” joined forces with the trade union federation “Fédération des syndicats chrétiens de Genève” in order to implement the goal of a joint corporation . In 1932 this association was renamed the “Fédération des Syndicats Patronaux” (FSP). This initially consisted of two professional associations with 40 members. She soon coordinated various professional associations and formed the Geneva Association with the Christian trade unions. The association managed several social institutions and created investment funds that were used to secure unemployment insurance and family allowances. Recruitment offices, unemployment funds, health insurances and family allowance funds were established. However, all of these efforts were not enough to ensure social peace. In 1946 the previous employers 'association dissolved and the employers' organization, together with six other French-speaking associations, formed the umbrella organization of the “Fédération romande des syndicats patronaux” (FRSP) in 1948. The two main areas of responsibility are the administration of social institutions and the safeguarding of the economic interests of the individual professional associations, for example by providing support in negotiating collective agreements with the industrial unions.

In 2003 the name of the organization was changed to "Fédération des Entreprises Romandes Genève". Today it forms an important umbrella organization for professional associations in the canton of Geneva. The association has 28,000 members, 70% of which are small businesses with one to five employees and employ a total of over 130,000 people. It also has around 9,000 independent and freelance entrepreneurs and 80 professional or business associations.

Tasks and social institutions

  • Representation of the interests of companies vis-à-vis the municipalities, cantons and federal authorities.
  • Services for its members, especially through social institutions, legal assistance and advice, publications such as the bi-monthly magazine Entreprise romande or company-specific seminars.
  • Dialogue on the development of society, especially in the areas of partnership, social insurance and labor law.
  • Networking of its members through events and the provision of conference rooms and a restaurant.

FER Genève is active in the field of social insurance through two institutions:

  • The "Caisse interprofessionnelle AVS de la Fédération des Entreprises Romandes" (CIAM-AVS) FER CIAM 106, founded in 1948. It is a compensation fund that provides services and benefits in the areas of old-age and survivors' insurance (AHV), disability insurance, family allowances , the Income insurance and maternity insurance for members of the FER Genève.
  • The Caisse Inter-Entreprises de prévoyance professionnelle (CIEPP), founded in 1961 , is a non-profit foundation active in the field of occupational pensions.

literature

  • Pierre Cormon: Histoire de la Fédération des entreprises romandes Genève. éditions Fédération des entreprises romandes, Genève 2018, ISBN 978-2-940-08741-9 .
  • Fédération des entreprises romandes Genève (ed.): Etudes et documents / Fédération des entreprises romandes Genève. Geneva since 2004, OCLC 173874582 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edgar Bloch: Il nous faut renforcer la visibilité du patronat romand auprès de Berne. In: L'AGEFI of May 29, 2007.
  2. ↑ Eric Rabbath: La Fédération des syndicats patronaux à Genève va changer de nom In: L'AGEFI of September 17, 2003
  3. ^ Pierre Cormon: 1928. Pour répondre à la lutte des classes, des patrons et des travailleurs créent une nouvelle organization professionnelle. In: Entreprise romande of September 12, 2003
  4. ^ Jean-Philippe Chenaux: De la loi Le Chapelier ou neo-corporatisme: les origines proches et lointaines de la FPV. In: Liberté économique et responsabilité sociale p. 36., Center patronal, Lausanne 2004
  5. ↑ Serge Guertchakoff: La Fédération des syndicats Patronaux change de nom. In: La Tribune de Genève of March 17, 2003.